Des Voeux Chambers

Anthony Houghton SC practices as an arbitrator and as a dispute neutral in general commercial disputes with a particular focus on construction and engineering matters.

Mr. Houghton began his professional career as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in the UK and he practised in that field in Asia for some years in the mid – 1980’s. Mr Houghton read law and was called to the Bar in 1989. He practised as a barrister in Des Voeux Chambers, from 1989 until 2025.

His practice at the Bar involved a wide variety of commercial and property related disputes before the courts at all levels in Hong Kong, and in arbitrations.

He has acted as a sole arbitrator in multiple cases in Hong Kong and elsewhere.  He has been a tribunal member or chairman of arbitral tribunals in disputes seated in Hong Kong, other parts of Asia and the Middle East.  Such disputes and proceedings have been subject to several different legal systems and arbitration rules.

Mr. Houghton is a Panel Member on many regional arbitration panels.

Mr. Houghton is a regular speaker at academic and professional conferences and a frequent tutor at courses organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for whom he is an approved Course Director.

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Chairman of the Committee on Construction Law (2018-2020) of the Hong Kong Bar Association Former Chairman of the Deposit Protection Appeals Tribunal Recorder of the Court of First Instance (2013 - ) Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators Member of Special Committees of the Hong Kong Bar Association; on Arbitration and ADR and on Discipline ; Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Founding Member of the Society for Construction Law, Hong Kong Former Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Former Chairman of the East Asia Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

LLB (London University)